Scrappy Canary: Techniques

Step by Step with Melissa Heather

I know these gorgeous kits are almost sold out and I can see why, who doesn't love bright and fun papers and embellishments!!

My step by step layout 'You are Amazing' was so fun to create, let me share my process with you all...

First I started with the wood grain paper (my favourite!) and grabbed a mask and some texture paste. I wanted to add some dimension to the page, which is very easy to do.

Place your mask on your paper, I have used an old credit card to spread the paste over the area of the mask I wanted to use.

Once you have a decent cover carefully pull the mask back and you have a fantastic effect that gives a little dimension to your page. Let this dry for 20 minutes or so, depending on how thick your layer of paste is.

Next I grabbed some left over white cardstock and mounted my photo and used the corner rounder to give a different look to both the photo and cardstock matt.

I then used the elephant piece from the Whatnot's pack and grabbed my Heidi Distressor and roughed up the edges and then inked with black ink.

I then cut the gorgeous yellow heart paper to around 22cm x 15cm again roughed the edges and inked.

Now I started to build my page first placing the yellow heart paper on to the right hand side of the page, followed by the elephant piece out of the Whatnot's pack and my matted photo.

I grabbed the chevron piece from the Whatnot's pack and cut in half, distressed and inked, and placed one piece on the left and one on the right under my photo, making sure to line them up so they weren't uneven.

Next I started on the embellishments and titles... I grabbed some of the organe pom pom which is so cute and using a thin tape adhered it under my photo.

For my title I sprayed some Mr Huey's Mist - Calico White which you can find in the Polly Shop where I wanted my title to be and then cut the YOU in my title out of one of the Whatnot's and used both the Thickers and Echo Park stickers to finish the title off.

I used the gorgeous glitter feather, cut out the Today from the Bits & Pieces paper added a documented sticker from the Echo Park sticker sheet and finished it off with some of the starts, vintage number and buttons.

And here's the finished layout...

I hope you enjoyed this step by step. To see more of the latest (and best) products on the market visit the Polly Store by clicking here.

Mel x

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, by AJ

Ebony

Creating your own masks

Ok so how many of you have a Cricut machine or some sort of diecut machine! I actually love my cricut because I make my own masks and stencils.
I use cardstock but you could use acrylic or overlays if you wanted

The beauty of the Cricut is that I can cut onto a 12x12 page which when misting is awesome because it covers the page entirely meaning you only get the images you have cut out misted onto your page. But if you have a different machine that doesn't cut this size you can just move the image around but remember to cover the rest of your page with something else like scrap paper as you often see the line of the paper as well as your image!

So here is an example. I cut out some various size hearts into some cardstock. I then place it over my background paper, place in a misting box and spray!
i love building my layers on my backgrounds with mist and paints so this is a great way to start an interesting background.

Here is the stencil.....

Here is the end result....

Then you can also use the actual images you cut out to mask areas.....

the end result.....

so there you go.....imagine the possibilities for masks now!
Would love to see some of your masks now!!!

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, by Karen Knight

Catie

Ideas for using punches

Okay, so this is not a tutorial as such... but I want to share with you some 'techniques', or ideas for using punches that you may or may not have come across, or to remind you of the ones you know, so you can give them a go... with me so far???

(sorry for the blurry photos, btw! )

* Border punches don't have to be used just for a border. Punch out one 'punch' and leave it at that to create a 'negative' on the edge of your paper.

* use a punched shape to highlight splatters of mist or paint on your layout

* use the negative image from your punched shape and glue over co-ordinating paper to create a frame

* use the slivers of scraps that come out the bottom of your punch to add interesting details to your page

* use punched shapes to frame your title

* cut punched shapes in half (doen't have to be even halves - even better if they're not!) and flip one half over then layer together to create visual interest in a cluster. Also, trace around the inside of the negative, like a stencil for 'hand-drawn' images on your page.

* use a shape punch like a puzzle maker on your photo, to add extra interest to the page

*** I created this layout using all these ideas, to showcase them for you. These ideas are also very effective on cards.